5* David Sanders Jr. / #1 OT Commits to Vols

A Puppies fan (pre-prepared) excuse why they lost out

"As the #1 OT, the kid deserves the money. No doubt. But, he made it known early on that NIL would be a swaying factor. The typical recruiting pitches weren’t going to work because he could go to Carson Newman and still likely end up a first rounder.

No shade to UT. You guys put the hammer down, built the relationships, showed a path to playing time, and Coach Elarbee sold him on continued development. Doesn’t change the fact that the eventual winner of this recruitment is gonna have to pony up some dollars.

Kirby has shown a willingness to spend, example KJ Bolden last cycle, but the number grew too high for us to continue to pursue. Only bringing that perspective."

Good get...sanders and Zalance Heard will be the best tackle combo in cfb in the coming future

Elarbee & Heupel have been a great 1 - 2 punch with OL recruiting. Much more than I gave them credit for when initially hired. Huge pick up

But you guys have been excuse after excuse after excuse.

What else more excuses do you guys have in store?

A fan from Bama's and Jawja's BIG TEN brother in meltdown mode
"UT has to overpay for all there big time recruits because Knoxville is a remote town ."

"Bro Frye has not cast a wide enough net - the lack of offers is baffling and disturbing. He put all his chips in for Sanders and now he has no backup plan. I understand that you can't really compete with what Tennessee offered, but Frye is the problem here."

"Ohio State has been a top 3 spending school in NIL. So before you try to say we got out bid, we likley didn't
Frye was just a terrible hire."

"This is his 3rd class. There have been 24 top 100 OTs not from Ohio in those three classes
0 are Buckeyes."

"Honestly, F him. He made a foolish choice.
First, there’s zero chance Ohio State’s offer to him wasn’t at least comparable.
If a guy wants to go spend his college career at a middle of the road team, never playing for championships and just collecting his NIL and hanging with his high school girlfriend that’s not the kind of player that I want on our roster.
We want the guys that want to go against the toughest competition and want to win championships.
I get that he’s playing in the SEC. What I mean by the toughest competition is in practice. This is why guys go to Alabama, Georgia, and Ohio State."

"UT has to overpay for all there big time recruits because Knoxville is a remote town ."
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Hilarious! Knoxville is remote, while Athens and Tuscaloosa aren't.

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Hilarious! Knoxville is remote, while Athens and Tuscaloosa aren't.

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Yeah, whoever said that is a tard. Can’t really be remote with one of the most traveled interstates in America running through it.

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We want the guys that want to go against the toughest competition

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This is the funniest thing i have ever seen. Let’s take a look at their schedule.

Akron
Western Michigan
Marshall
MSU
#25 Iowa
#3 Oregon
Nebraska
#8 Penn State
Purdue
Northwestern
Indiana
#9 Michigan

Tennessee schedule
Chatt
#24 NC State
Kent
#16 Oklahoma
Arkansas
Florida
#5 Bama
UK
Miss state
#1 UGA
UTEP
Vandy

It’s clear who has the toughest competition. Tennessee schedule is ranked in the top 10 of hardest schedules while OSU is one of the weakest.

But your Big Ten brother put it all on themselves thinking he was theirs, only to fall flat in cement.

And oh yeah, a Puppy fan posts a pre-prepared excuse on a Vol board of losing him to us

You guys are pathetic.

Go comfort your BIG TEN brother.